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Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for an influential and go-getting individual to join us as a Senior Partnership Development Manager to drive forward our ambition of securing sector-leading, multi-dimensional partnerships for children.

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

About you

As Senior Partnership Development Manager, you will be reporting directly to the Head of Partnership Development and joining a supportive and experienced team of 8 responsible for securing strategic, multi-year corporate partnerships that align with Save the Children's organisational objectives and our 2030 ambition. You will be part of making real change for children through partnerships with the private sector which address challenges children are facing.

This role sits in our Partnerships and Philanthropy team meaning that you will be working alongside colleagues who manage our award-winning corporate partnerships with companies like GSK, Unilever, and Lego.

The Senior Partnership Development Manager will also collaborate with colleagues across our organisation including Programmes and Advocacy teams to develop innovative propositions for business that respond to their areas of interest and maximise their skills and expertise.

The team is at an exciting phase of our journey with several excellent new partnerships secured in the past 18 months – we are building on our success to grow our amazing work for children. No one partnership is the same meaning it is virtually impossible to get bored in this role. With such breadth to our work and partnerships focusing on anything from health, education and child protection to climate, emergencies, brand building, and innovative finance - an appetite for learning is key.

In this role, you will:

• Contribute to annual team target of over £4m.
• Identify and secure impactful non-financial value that partners can bring to Save the Children.
• Develop and implement ambitious sector strategies and produce tailored new partnership proposals that align to corporate challenges and opportunities, including through innovative finance.
• Take personal responsibility and accountability for proactively generating leads, building networks, making contacts and bringing in new partnerships rooted in the impact we want to create for children.
• Work alongside the newly created Corporate Advisory Board to follow new leads and explore opportunities.
• Demonstrate emphasis on external facing activity, meeting and engaging prospective partners and seeking and attending external events as an opportunity to generate partnerships.
• In parallel, cultivating strong internal relationships with colleagues in Programmes, Advocacy and Brand teams, that will support in the development of multi-dimensional partnerships.
• Contribute to the success of the Partnership Development team by sharing knowledge, offering support, working together to problem solve and celebrate wins.

To be successful, it is important that you have:

• Significant experience of securing ambitious, multi-dimensional corporate partnerships in the private or third sector
• Demonstrable experience of the approach needed to win partnerships of £500k and above.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to include face-to-face and on the phone, effective proposal writing and correspondence to internal and external audiences.
• The ability to think creatively and to develop tailor made proposals to meet corporate and Save the Children objectives.
• The ability to build relationships and influence others internally and externally.
• A team player approach and supportive attitude

What we offer you:

Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.

To have the best (and happiest) employees we focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health, and wellbeing both in and outside of work.

We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.

You can find our employment offer here.

To learn more about the position, please review the Job Description in the attached Documents.

Closing date: September 01, 2023

Please note:

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Ways of Working:

Remote First – The majority of our roles can be performed remotely, however you may work from the office as often as you wish. Whilst you will be predominantly working from home, we may at times require you to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). Note: This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team. This is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.

On-site – There are certain roles that cannot be performed remotely and so your role will be based in an office location and you may occasionally be able to work from home.

Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.

We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.

To see our full statement please visit this link: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/our-policies/diversity/

Salary Structure:

Save the Children is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff. To see our full offer please visit this link: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/what-we-offer/

Interview Expenses:

Candidates should note that unfortunately it is not our policy to reimburse expenses accrued when attending interviews at Save the Children UK unless you are requested to attend an interview in an alternative location to where the role is based.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any Employment with Save the Children UK will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:

• a satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable)
• receipt of satisfactory references
• proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role

If you have any questions, we have an FAQ section. For anything else you can email us on: [email protected]